Originally published November 3 2003
Nanotechnology: The Next Asbestos Debacle?
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Amid all the hyper about nanotechnology, here's a dissenting opinion that might actually make a valid point: what happens when you inhale these tiny devices?
As we've seen from recent memory, mankind seems to be rather skilled at inventing and manufacturing tiny fibers or particles that, when inhaled, cause lung cancer or other serious diseases. This scientist claims the same could happen with nanotechnology.
As with the other concerns about nanotech (unchecked self-replication, primarily), this one deserves consideration before we unleash a hoard of microscopic machines upon ourselves.
Analysis: Nanotechnology appears to offer yet another risk that has not been widely discussed: the inhalation of nanotech machines.
Nanotechnology threatens to generate new hazards in the form of toxic
molecules that can enter the lungs, it was claimed today.
Expert Professor Ken Donaldson said tiny particles in diesel soot,
boot polish, tyres and photocopier toner were already implicated in lung
damage.
Developing nanotechnologies in an increasing range of products,
including paint, sunblock, food, drugs and clothes could present a host
of new threats, he warned.
In it he will describe the huge toll of ill health caused throughout
history by dust.
Professor Donaldson will outline his research applying the techniques
of molecular medicine to understanding diseases caused by harmful dusts
such as asbestos, quartz, volcanic ash and traffic soot.
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